Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: LANIER, BENJAMIN E

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2132 2431 2432 2437 2688

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Analysis

Benjamin E Lanier, in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2132, has 937 resolved cases. His allowance rate pct is 69.4, and the median days to allowance is 1334. This suggests the level of difficulty and the timeline to grant for applicants. The 1334-day median to allowance is a metric for applicants in Art Unit 2132 and can be used for prosecution budgeting.

The interview lift pct of 16.9 indicates that interviews are a strategy for applicants. This 16.9 lift suggests that direct engagement can help resolve issues and improve the 69.4 allowance rate pct. With 937 resolved cases, the data reflects the documented examiner profile. A 16.9 lift is a metric for practitioners to consider an interview as a way to overcome rejections and potentially shorten the prosecution cycle toward the 1334-day median.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

69.4%
Allow Rate
+7.4% vs TC avg
964
Total Applications
+16.9%
Interview Lift
1334
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 937 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.6%
§101 Eligibility
16.8%
§102 Novelty
49.5%
§103 Obviousness
17.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18070101 DEVICE CERTIFICATION BASED ON DEVICE CAPABILITIES Final Rejection MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
19250035 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18348905 SECURITY POLICY PROCESSING METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18649413 ANONYMOUS EVENT ATTESTATION WITH GROUP SIGNATURES Non-Final OA Google LLC
19093925 IDENTIFICATION OF SENSITIVE CONTENT IN ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGES TO PREVENT EXFILTRATION Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
18971362 Securing User-Entered Text In-Transit Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
18821867 Virtual Subscriber Identification Module and Virtual Smart Card Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18820413 SPATIAL COMPUTING SOURCE CODE DEVELOPMENT SECURITY SYSTEM Final Rejection Bank of America Corporation
19067952 Compound threat detections in cloud computing environments Non-Final OA Sophos Limited
18923817 MITIGATING A COPY-PASTE ATTACK USING AN ISOLATED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA Red Hat, Inc.
17945637 NETWORK-STORAGE-BASED ATTACK DETECTION Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18204658 SELF-AUTHENTICATION OF DATA STORED OFF-CHIP Final Rejection Xilinx, Inc.
18873177 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCESS TOKEN VALIDATION AT A NETWORK REPOSITORY FUNCTION Non-Final OA JIO PLATFORMS LIMITED
18593117 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTION OF CLOCK TAMPERING ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
18131347 QUANTUM-RESISTANT CRYPTOSYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDED IN THE SAME Final Rejection INSTITUTE FOR BASIC SCIENCE
19065213 INTEGRATED OWNER DIGITAL KEY TRANSFER Non-Final OA GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

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